#B16B35#B16B35

#B16B35 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.113 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B16B35
RGB	rgb(177, 107, 53)
HSL	hsl(26, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(26, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.5%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.97, 23.18, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.97, 47.23, 60.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.0633 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.113 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.0337, 20.1220, 5.9857)
Luminance	0.2012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B16B35 #357BB1

analogous

#B1353D #B16B35 #B1A935

triadic

#B16B35 #35B16B #6B35B1

tetradic

#B16B35 #3DB135 #357BB1 #A935B1

square

#B16B35 #3DB135 #357BB1 #A935B1

split-complementary

#B16B35 #35B1A9 #353DB1

monochromatic

#533219 #824F27 #B16B35 #CD8A57 #DBAB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B16B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B16B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B16B35

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B16B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B16B35	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80722F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C15C5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b16b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 107, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.113 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd966f',
    500: '#b16b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b16b35;
$custom-light: #cd966f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b16b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.129,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.11284,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B16B35

secondary

#7DA5C4

accent

#9DDD4B

background

#FDF9F6

surface

#FAF2EC

border

#D3CCC7

text

#140D07

muted

#837E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B16B35

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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